Idealization is the pattern of overestimating a romantic partners positive virtues or underestimating a partners negative faults in comparison to the partners own self-evaluation.
Atmospheric drag produced by mountains must also be parameterized, as the limitations in the resolution of elevation contours produce significant underestimates of the drag.
Some scientists believe that the risk of passive smoking, in particular the risk of developing coronary heart diseases, may have been substantially underestimated.
Traditionally it was thought that it presented with haemodynamic shock out of proportion with blood loss, however blood loss has often been underestimated.